by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Jan 11, 2024 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
2024 is here and the immigration world on every level continues to be non-stop. Here are some key updates to get you caught up and to remind you to stay–unidos sin miedo– in faith and in community together, we will get through this tumultuous year ahead of us. LOCAL:...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Nov 10, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Legislative
Governor Abbott called a fourth special legislative session earlier this week, right after the third special session ended without having passed the most nefarious of their proposed state immigration legislation. During the last special session, the House and Senate...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Oct 26, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Faith Communities, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
This past week, three Seminary students, a priest, and a writer joined me in the Rio Grande Valley for our Courts and Ports Border Witness program. In less than 24 hours from their arrival, they found themselves sitting in front of an Immigration Judge witnessing...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Sep 8, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
BUOY LAWSUIT UPDATES Texas continues to waste taxpayer dollars on lawsuits to keep buoy barriers on the Rio Grande that have already caused grave injury and death to various people, including children. Texas wants to enforce immigration law on their own terms while...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Aug 25, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Latest Posts
New Asylum Shelter Location in Matamoros For many months, various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from both Texas and Mexico have diligently coordinated together, and this past week, worked with asylum seeking families to relocate them from the outdoors asylum...
by Fabiola Olvera Benitez | Aug 11, 2023 | Asylum, Asylum Ban, Blog, Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts, Law Enforcement
These past few weeks have clearly showcased, how US immigration piecemeal policies and illegal state intrusion of federal immigration enforcement laws, have created the conditions that allow for the infliction of rampant patterns of cruelty against families and...
